Twitter abuzz after Kid Rock named as headlining act for NHL All-Star Game

The 2018 @Honda #NHLAllStar Game will feature @KidRock as the headlining entertainment! pic.twitter.com/rhwYqjr4Em

— NHL (@NHL) January 17, 2018

When you find out Kid Rock is playing the Alll-Star Game pic.twitter.com/vMDqnK4x8R

— Yahoo Sports NHL (@YahooSportsNHL) January 17, 2018

NHL announces that future US President Kid Rock will perform at this year's All-Star Game in Tampa

— Mike Halford (@HalfordTSN) January 17, 2018

Did the NHL get turned down by 10,000 more prominent musicians of was Kid Rock a first choice? Either way, amazing.

— Travis Yost (@travisyost) January 16, 2018

If SNL parodied the NHL All Star Game, the skit would have Kid Rock as the headlining act. https://t.co/0lHaREaz1d

— Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) January 17, 2018

The NHL going from Nick Jonas and Carly Rae Jensen to Kid Rock for All-Star Game entertainment is like going from, uhh, nope, this is a new bar without proper analogy.

— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) January 17, 2018

I guess 20 years after the NHL asked him to play the All-Star Game, Kid Rock finally accepted and they felt bad telling him they were no longer interested.

— Luke DeCock (@LukeDeCock) January 17, 2018

Minorities, people of color and women already feel like the NHL doesn't gaf about them. Having Kid Rock as the All-Star game entertainment just underlies that point.

— Hemal Jhaveri (@hemjhaveri) January 17, 2018